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غنتل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something sluggish, inactive, or perhaps a specific type of animal. The derived terms are rare and primarily found in classical dictionaries, often with explanations of their obscurity or potential misspellings.

Derived headwords

غَنْتَلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    sluggish, inactiveclassical

    Describing a man who is sluggish, inactive, or lacking in spirit. This term is noted as being omitted by major lexicographers.

أُمُّ غَنْتَلٍname
  1. 1.
    hyenaclassical

    A name given to the female hyena. It is suggested that this might be a misspelling or corruption of the name 'Um 'Anthal'.

Parallel reading

رجل غنتل، بالمثناة الفوقية، كجندل وقنفذ، أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني
A man Ghantala, with the upper two dots (ya'), like Jandala and Qunfudha, omitted by Al-Jawhari and Al-Sagani.
وفي اللسان: أي خامل
And in Al-Lisan: meaning sluggish.
وأم غنتل، كجعفر: الضبع
And Umm Ghantala, like Ja'far: the hyena.
وهو تصحيف أم عنثل
And it is a misspelling of Umm 'Anthal.